Scraper.



J. G. STEELE.

SGRAPER.

APPLICAIION HLED APR. 23. 1917.

Patented Jan. 15, 1918.

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.ioHN (irALE STEELE, or s'r. Lou rs vussonnr, LASSIGNORJOF: ONELHALF TO.WIL'LIA1V "EHE-NRY'MENTE, OFFSTQIJOUIS; Missotmr.

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To all iiihom 'it may concern Be it known 'thatL- JOH N GQ'S'IEEL'E, a citizen of the "United States, residing at'St. Louis, in the State V vented "certain new and useful "Improvements inQScrapers andI do declare the followin'g'tobe' a full, clear, and exact description of'thefinvention,such aswill enable the artto whic'h apper- My inventionfrelates to scrapers adapted I to be iisedwith 'co oliin'g'utensils the like and its bj ct is; to provide" a scraperwhich is so const "rctfed that thescraper nay be applied to the sidesfo'f' a vessel will remove the" sediment therefrom without requiring the exertion of considerable pres-' sureiuponthe? scraper.

One object of my invention is to provide a scraper of this structed with scraping e'dge's which are adapted to engagedifi'erently-formed sides 1 o m c1... like"andWvli'iclfis thereby ajtfpli'ca'l'Jle V a cooking utensils and the greater number of cases.

A. further object of my invention is to provide a scraper which is simple and cheap to manufacture and easily operated and which is very eflicient in operation.

WVith these and other general objects in view which will appear from the description, my invention resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which form a part of this application and in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved scraper;

Fig. 9. is a longitudinal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line et4 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings my improved scraper comprises a substantially rectangular flat metal blank 1 which is stamped from a thin sheet of metal. The scraper is provided with straight side scraping edges 2 and with a straight scraping edge at one end as at 3 and has the opposite end bowed outwardly and provided with a scraping edge as at at. Due to this construction the bowed or curved end t may Application filed'April 23, 1917.

of "Missouri; have i in-- bottom"portion l in engagement with the *bottoinyor ifthe receptacle be provided with *a fiat bottomthe scrapermay' be inverted character'ivh'ich-is con-f;

' aren't-the sideof the receptacle. Itisprincipallythe object of lily-invention to so Specification of-LettersPatent. Patented Jan..15, 1918.

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"be used to scrape along the dished bottoms "of various receptacles and the long straight side edges 2 may '.be' engaged against the sides of ,variousf receptacles with" the bowed portionBengagedon the bottoinof the receptacle.

In theop'eration of the majority ofscrap- Fer-s in use at the Present"day it 'has'been found that when the edge of'the scraper is "brought into engagement with theside of the'rece'ptaclje to be cleaned that in the case of hard deposits 'at 'the sides of the recep- 'it is necessary" to exert; considerable -p'ressure' on the scraper to cause the same to enterthe sediin'e'nt and dislodge the same construct a scraper which will .enter the "sedimenflformedbn the sides ofreceptacles "without necessitating any undue pressure being exerted upon the scraper which often tlmes ow1ng to such pressure, will slip and if the scraping edges be sharp, inflict serious injury upon the person using the same.

To this end, I provide irregularly formed slots in the straight side edges 2 of the scraper as clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawlngs. These slots comprise substantially star-shaped apertures 5 adjacent one end of the scraper and crescentshaped apertures 6 adjacent the opposite end of the scraper. The said apertures constitute slots of varied dimension and disposed in spaced relation on the scraper and in communication with the side edges to provide breaks in the edges at intervals whereby when the edges are brought into engagement with the sediment lodged on the sides of the receptacle, the edges of the slots, as indicated at 7 and 8 respectively in the drawings, will constitute sharp entrant points which will enter into the sediment and permit of easy entry of the remaining portion of the straight side edge into the sediment to dislodge the same from the side of the receptacle.

By constructing the slots in the form of crescent-shaped apertures and star-shaped apertures, I have provided a means whereby the slots will be of different Width adjacent the" side' :3 edges, the entrant" points will I; be disposed in varied spaced relation from one i another, so that when the entryipoints 8;.0n

tshaped"apertures brought into engagement the narrower slots formed in the star-shaped apertures 5 are not found applicable, the

seraper may be inverted and the wider dis posed entrant points 7 of the crescentwith the sediment to more effectually dis lodge the same. In the operation of the scraper sediment ,Will collect in the, aper- ,tures, from which" it may be readily forced y when it is desiredto clean the I the remaining ring of sediment side o thereceptacle may be readily scraped therefrom by employing the left on the trally disposed opening form means of se-. a curing agrip on the scraper when the same is held: between the thumb and fingers of. the'hand. HoWever, I do not Wish to limit myself to specific arrangement and location of, these. apertures disposed in their re- 'speet-ive relation in the'body oflthe scraper andI desire to be" understood that the shape of the apertures may bevaried or their location changed Withoutincany \vay departego ptes at this patent may beeiolitai ned toi five cents I f i i I EWashington'QDlC.

scraper and said scraper ing' fronrthe spirit of'my invention as defined in the scope of the following claim, Iclai-mr v :The .hereindescribed utensil scraper comprising a flat substantially rectangular metal blank having straight side edges to engage the sides of the receptacles to be 1 el'eaned said side edges beingproyidedwvith spaced, irregular slots. of different Width "breaking said"'edges and providing diflerently spaced entrant points, said-. netal blank having one 0f its endsfl bowed out- {wardly to provide 'a curved s' craping'edge, and,theopposrte-end of i'said straight and unbroken to provide a "contine blank being uous flat scrapingj edge whereby the ivhole periphery, of the blank is brought into use,

v being provided with centrally disposed irregular-shaped opening to permit thefsame to'be dis'posed over aqnail .When notfinuse, and the edges of, said open"- ing providing means] securing" a; firm hold on the scraper when; the same lS hOld between the thumb and fingers of the hand.

In testim ony lwhereof- I have hereunto set. my hand 1n the presence OfetVO subscribing each, by addressing the a Cumin issi'onerl ef Patents, 

